Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.
— Samuel Butler
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.
Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.
To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.
When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence.
A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
